tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post1410112683631059808..comments2024-03-28T18:09:06.163+01:00Comments on Fx Reflects: Fra Angelico frescoes, Museo del Convento di San MarcoFrances Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601712331094033951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post-22652717436097287302013-03-26T20:31:51.515+01:002013-03-26T20:31:51.515+01:00Thank you Toby -
Krauss would, I think, be convin...Thank you Toby - <br />Krauss would, I think, be convinced by Rauschenberg's debt to Lippi because of the tension between figure and ground. And I think there are many unexplored connections between the American postwar painters and the Italian Renaissance - colour being just one of them, More to follow ...Frances Guerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601712331094033951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post-7622575942701807642013-03-26T09:43:09.918+01:002013-03-26T09:43:09.918+01:00The space, light and stillness in the Fra Angelico...The space, light and stillness in the Fra Angelico paintings is fascinating. Related to this, according to critic Rosalind Krauss the American painter Robert Rauschenberg was intrigued by a painting of the Annunciation by Fra Filippo Lippi. In particular, this one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Filippo_Lippi_-_Annunciation_-_WGA13220.jpg. Here, there is a tension between attention to the white flower which holds the surface of the painting and the deep perspective behind it leading you into the far distance.Toby Lloyd-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956555048007534129noreply@blogger.com